People and other strange creatures:
[... love, honour, humor & respect ... ]
Visual arts
Marshall arts / amps
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Travelling the world >> f**K that.
New chalenges >> f**k 'em.
Money / Career >> f**k 'em...
...ei perkele!
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Roots and Status...still up north.
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"The path is fair but so unkind
At night the highway's diesel roar
Speaks to me and tells me more
Than any book I've ever read
Or anything you ever said
With silent eyes inside
I watch myself and worlds collide
The seasons burn and crack my skin
I stay outside and live within...."
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Northern Rock [FIN + the rest of Scandinavia]
Overkill
Metuja
Jack Starr ["Out of the Darkness" LP ]
Usurper
Ghoultown
Miss Derringer [LA, USA]
Black Oak Arkansas
Celtic Frost [with Reed St. Mark ]
Doc Holliday
Danzig
Lynyrd Skynyrd
["Gimme back my bullets" = TOP 1 of all time faves]
Debbie Harry [ & Blondie ]
Molly Hatchet
Backsliders [ FIN - the biker band. Hirsma, Haglund, Eklund ]: 2 first albums: "FTW Blues" & "Nobody Rides For Free"
Saint Vitus
Blackfoot
Virgin Steele
Concrete Blonde
Razor
Johnny Cash
Eric Sardinas
John Campbell
A.O.D. [Altars of Destruction] old demos (best Finnish thrash from 80's)
The Rods(NY,USA)
Thrasher: Burning at the Speed of Light LP [Ride the Viper]
Riot(NY,USA)
New Model Army
Black Flag & Rollins Band [GS-GA album]
Dead Moon
Faff-Bey (1st & 2nd album)
National Napalm Syndicate [1st album + promo tapes 1991]
The Lords of The New Church [1st album]
Topi Sorsakoski (with The Agents)
Megadeth ["Countdown to Extinction" album]
Targas ["Buffalo Reel" album ]
Ted Nugent
Mortiis
Vulcano [Brazil, Metal]
Kari Rueslåtten
Iggy Pop ["Avenue B" album]
Carnivore...
...and P.Steele's later music.
Movies
U Turn (1997 - Oliver Stone)
The Driver
The Brave
Bringing out the Dead
25th Hour
The Warriors
The Unforgiven
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Factotum [ by Bent Hamer ]
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Bandidas (2006)
Yojimbo
Art School Confidential [by Terry Zwigoff 2005]>
The Village [ by M. Night Shyamalan ]
Dance Me Outside
Dead Man
The Jack Bull
Kill Bill VOL 2 [Carradine & Madsen & Thurman = a magic triangle ]
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Leaving Las Vegas
Zombie ja Kummitusjuna [Zombie and the Ghost Train]
Fight Club
Coffee and Cigarettes [Jim Jarmusch 2003]
American History X
Ghost World
Rakkauden Risti, Hornankoski
[ And some other old Teuvo Tulio movies featuring Regina Linnanheimo ]
Partanen [Juha Koiranen 2003]
Katja K...
Predator
Heat [Mann, 1995]
The Missing [Howard 2003]
Books
b y :
Jack London
Jung
Dan Fante
Bukowski
Eino Penttilä ["Varpuskellari" and "Katkerat Satamat" ]
Veikko Ennala
Mukka
WP Kinsella
Veikko Huovinen
Louis Masterson
Clint McCall
Olli Tiuraniemi ["Mustan joen syke"]
Jay McInerney
Tuomas Vimma
Erno Paasilinna
Henry Rollins
Colin Wilson ["The Outsider" + some others]
Epiktetos
manyFinnishWriters
oldPrintedFanzines
many pulp westerns
BANDS: please DO NOT send RANDOM requests, only if: you have used my art or are planning to use my art or you know me. sorry - too many of those. will be REJECTED.
Greetings and felicitations....children of t e c h - N O - l o g y.
My name is Juha. aka jVu. This site is mostly about my art. [ much more art on official website - link below ]
I'm a P a I N T er / OUTSIderARTisT - Illustrator / painter = Undergroundvisualartist. a Loser, a Wimp , a Workingman , [+ former "musician"].
ART AND CULTURE NEWS 2009 summ e rrrrr :
n e w BookS :
new cd cover art/illustrations/paintings by [ jVu ] for the bands:
SIMPLE EXISTENZ [ Ván-Records ]
ALTARS OF DESTRUCTION
METUJA [ VJR Records ]
VUOHIVASARA
and more damage to be done....
Besides working directly with some labels, I've done CD/LP cover or interior paintings/illustrations on request for bands like:
USURPER
[ a long co-operation..."Skeletal Season" cd/LP cover painting, "Threshold of The Usurper 10th anniversary re-release cd/LP cover painting and all artwork, "Cryptobeast" cd backcover band portrait painting, "Visions From The Gods" cd digipack cover painting etc
...many of originals of these paintings owned by Rick S./Usurper - and that's where there belong. ],
AUTOPSY
[ "Torn from the Grave" cd cover painting, original painting owned by Chris Reifert/Autopsy - as a direct request to myself to do it from Chris...and Peaceville agreed...the painting feels at home at Chris's place... ]
EDGE OF SANITY
["Infernal" cd cover, also Dan Swanö's Nightingale: "Closing Chronicles" cd cover painting]
MORTIIS ["Keiser av en Dimension Ukjent" cd/LP centerfold painting, many paintings & drawings published in "Secrets of My Kingdom - The Book of Mortiis"],
KALMAH [ all art on 3 first cd's ],
GHOULTOWN ["Fistful of Demons" poster painting, "Bury Them Deep" cd backcover painting, a bunch of hand-painted Ghoultown t-shirts, sold-out on their US tours]
IN THE WOODS...["Omnio" LP cover painting = "Omnio" cd booklet painting, the original painting owned by Jan / In The Woods... ]
METUJA [ "Hulluus Aateloi" cd cover painting, the original painting owned by Kari...Metu ] ,
New Eden, Fleshcrawl, Adastra, Dew-Scented etc, etc, etc. ....
...and many non-commercial commisioned artworks.
next?... you? Feel free to ask.
Usually...album or book cover art paintings or illustrations ;
I do not give originals away unless separately agreed. And I can also do digital art. Some exceptions concerning original painted art...as listed above:
Rick S. [Usurper],
Chris Reifert [Autopsy],
Kari [Metuja]
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besides printing rights on their bands' albums all these people own original paintings in their private art collection. Deserved what they got - for great co-operation.
Thanks dudes.
[ Please feel free to get in touch directly through my website email or a myspace message, if interested in artworks ]
CAN YOU...? - Yes I can:
- provide an illustration for CD cover, book cover, T-shirt,a custom painting that you can hang up on your wall, or any such art related work. Just get in touch. Check FAQ section on my website.
[ **bass guitars (Marshall arts, Marshall amps): **** ] :
recording and touring 1986-91 * thrash metal [ N.N.S. - the hungry days ]
"Liemessä ollaan taas"
- Bear Paddington
"Feel the thunderhead I'm coming home
I'm coming home Thunderhead."
- Overkill
"Meni niin kuin meni , kato mitäs minä mahdoin ?
Tulinpahan maailmaan , kielsin taikka tahdoin..."
Who I'd like to meet:
Meet in person? Some absent friends and relatives...who are gone forever. I can't hang out with every band I do artwork for and I don't want to meet every person I'm in touch with over the net.
There's always an exception to every rule.
[The first rule of Fight Club is - you do not talk about Fight Club - the second rule of the Fight Club is - Break the rules of Fight Club]
Get in touch.
About comments, they are welcome, but:
Don't just thank me for the add (you can do much better than that..?).
No random requests from bands promoting themselves please.
SORRY : No commercial postings - from friends OF COURSE accepted...but after a while removed.
If you are a friend of mine, you should be a a friend of Kaapuveikko (Blue Hood).
Veikko, he's like a son or a brother or an uncle to me.
La Cosa Nostra - Men of Honour :)
Hej Juha! Thanx for accepting me! I knew that Anja is a russian name, but it was new for me that it's common in your country, too. Upp the horns and skål! Hail the metal. Anja
Oh Sweet of you to remember and pass by to greet me! Such a nice surprise... :) By the way, a portuguese version of Kalevala has appeared, I've got my version already to start reading after I finish my exams... Ihih How's everything with you?
Ahah Funny comment! It gave me some good laughs! :P But uhmmm, are you sure you'd like to see my face again? Because, maybe it's hidden because it might have mutated into something inhuman... Something... Spooky! :P Well, see if you can punk it here more oftenly, coz I enjoyed having your presence back, punk! :D
Feel the Fire is a killer song, we have here the change to see overkill many times, i was in New York,Greece,Belgium,Netherlands just to see kill anytime skullkrushers(german fanclub) holidays. have a nice week. cheers conny
Miellyttävän julmasti kiitoksia! Hyvältä näyttää! Kannet ovat todella tyylikkään kauniit, toivottavasti biisi materiaali on yhtä tasokasta kuin herran kuvataide:-) Biisitkin alkavat olla treeniä vaille valmiita! Suurella Rakkaudella: Kari
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